✈ LHR → CAI
4H 57M FROM LONDON TO CAIRO. THAT'S A WORK SHIFT.
Flight from London to Cairo
From Heathrow (LHR), United Kingdom Europe → Cairo International (CAI), Egypt Africa
↔ Flying the other way? Cairo → London
How long is the flight from London to Cairo?
A nonstop flight from London (LHR) to Cairo (CAI) takes about 4 hours 57 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 2,195 miles (3,532 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.
Avg flight time
4h 57m
Nonstop, scheduled
Distance
2,195 mi
3,532 km · great-circle
Avg speed
713 km/h
Door-to-door including taxi
Time zones & jet lag
London timezone
UTC+1
Europe/London
Cairo timezone
UTC+3
Africa/Cairo
Time difference
+2h
2 hours ahead
Jet lag (rough)
~2d
Eastward — worse
CO₂ footprint per passenger
Economy class, single passenger. Source: DEFRA 2024 averages.
This flight emits roughly 3× the CO₂ of an equivalent train trip and 0.7× a car driven alone over the same distance.
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Flights to Cairo
Nearest origins
- Tel Aviv → Cairo
- Athens → Cairo
- Istanbul → Cairo
- Bucharest → Cairo
- Doha → Cairo
- Rome → Cairo
- Budapest → Cairo
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- Abu Dhabi → Cairo
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Long-haul to Cairo
- Auckland → Cairo
- Sydney → Cairo
- Melbourne → Cairo
- Santiago → Cairo
- Mexico City → Cairo
- Los Angeles → Cairo
- San Francisco → Cairo
- Las Vegas → Cairo
- Buenos Aires → Cairo
- Cancun → Cairo